Memento

-an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.

Plod

-to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge.

-to proceed in a tediously slow manner:

Musing

-absored in thought; meditative

Begrimed

-to make grimy 

Pall

-anything that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, especially with darkness or gloom.

Swain

-a male admirer

Vale

-the world or earthly life

Clod

-a stupid person

-a lump or mass made of earth or clay

Meager

-deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate.

Personage

-a person with distinction or importance